{"id":16531,"date":"2020-09-28T21:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T21:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16531"},"modified":"2020-09-28T21:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T21:03:20","slug":"former-head-of-federal-aviation-administration-michael-huerta-joins-d-fend-solutions-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/former-head-of-federal-aviation-administration-michael-huerta-joins-d-fend-solutions-advisory-board\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Former Head of Federal Aviation Administration Michael Huerta Joins D-Fend Solutions&#8217; Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>D-Fend Solutions, the leader in RF cyber based counter-drone\ntakeover technology, announced recently that Michael Huerta has joined its\nAdvisory Board. The former head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)\nwill bring his aviation safety and security industry expertise to assist in\nD-Fend&#8217;s rapid growth, contributing to the company&#8217;s market leadership in the\ncounter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) security solutions space for\nairports and other sensitive environments in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Huerta-2edit-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11356\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Huerta-2edit-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Huerta-2edit-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Huerta-2edit.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption><em>Michael Huerta<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining D-Fend Solutions, Huerta was the\nAdministrator of the FAA from December 2011 to January 2018, where he was\nresponsible for overseeing the safety and productivity of the largest aerospace\nadministration in the world, managing a budget of $16 billion and more than\n47,000 employees. Huerta currently sits on the board of directors for Delta Air\nLines. Huerta has nearly 3 decades of experience with airport and airspace\nsafety, and helped oversee the National Airspace System (NAS). Huerta served as\nCo-Chair of the Blue-Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports, and Drone\nDefinition named him one of the 8 Most Influential People in Drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to have one of the most prominent\npeople in aviation join our team at D-Fend&#8221; said Zohar Halachmi, Chief\nExecutive Officer and Chairman of D-Fend Solutions, &#8220;Michael&#8217;s years of\nairspace safety experience are an incredible strategic asset for our fast\ngrowing counter drone business and enable us to enhance our offerings,\nintensify our focus and align our efforts on emerging airport, port and overall\nairspace safety needs. This appointment will help accelerate our rapid North\nAmerican growth, building on our success in federal security agencies and our\nexpansion in global aviation safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to join the D-Fend Solutions team and\ncollaborate on solutions for a more safe and secure air space. Security\nagencies are recognizing the need for new solutions for sensitive environments\nwithout the drawbacks of conventional jamming and kinetic technologies. D-Fend\nis an early leader and pioneer in counter drone systems with its one of a kind\nRF cyber takeover, control, and safe landing technology, which will become\nincreasingly important to deliver control, safety, and continuity to airports\nworldwide as drones proliferate,&#8221; said Huerta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D-Fend Solutions, the leader in RF cyber based counter-drone takeover technology, announced recently that Michael Huerta has joined its Advisory Board. The former head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will bring his aviation safety and security industry expertise to assist in D-Fend&#8217;s rapid growth, contributing to the company&#8217;s market leadership in the counter small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16532,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16531\/revisions\/16532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}